TNAG-1727-FCO40-2440-Minutes-and-Hansards-of-the-Legislative-Council-of-Hong-Kong-1988 — Page 152

The second

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major

amendment

proposed by the

Government is that we can extend the period of employment

for women from 8.00 pm to 11.00 pm.

to 11.00 pm? That is almost midnight?

Why do you extend it

According to the

Adminstration,

it is because

shift-time workers are already working to 11.00 pm and

this is widely accepted. Therefore, it

it is not necessary

to restrict the time allowed for non-shift workers to 8.00

pm. But you have to know one fact shift workers only

takes up a small percentage of the whole workforce.

According to the figures at 30 September 1987, only 23,115

women are working on shift and this is only 5.4 per cent

of the workforce. Only 404 industrial undertakings have

women working on shift and this is 1.4 per cent of the

Permission for shift work has to be obtained

workforce.

from the

•

Commissioner for Labour and shift work must

comply with the regulations laid down for women and young

mishe

persons and these include for example, special plants and

equipment. I do not think the Government has given a very

satisfactory explanation as to why the hours Of work

between shift and non-shift workers should fully.

Taily.

Extending the working hours to 11.00 pm may

NOW

adversely affect the life pattern and social activities of

The Government has not looked at this.

actually the women may have to be asked to work on two

women.